# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1929_S61 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Ev. Luth.-Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1929. 61 b. To confer with these experts on the best ways and means of meshaping our educational program for ministers, so as to achieve the ims set forth in paragraph 1 above; e. To make their recommendations available to conferences and terested bodies and individuals by January 1, 1931; d. To present a complete and detailed report, with specified commendations, at the next convention; and finally, 4. To appropriate from $10,000 to $15,000 for the services of these ducational experts. An educational survey was also advocated by memorials from the hicago English Lutheran Conference and from the Pastors’ and eachers’ Conference of Northern Ohio. The Pittsburgh Local Conference presented a memorial asking ‘that some of our overlapping schools be discontinued and that others liminate the high-school course and give only the college course. 0 this end a committee of seven men is to be appointed whose duty shall be to study the questions involved and to report its findings and recommendations to the next regular session of Synod. Unprinted memorials 12 and XX also made similar suggestions. x Action. Synod adopted the report of Committee No.1: “Your Committee yecommends that Synod instruct its President in conjunction with ‘the vice-presidents to appoint a committee of nine from our own circles to survey the entire educational situation on the basis of these overtures and report at the next Synod. “We furthermore recommend that this committee send a report to the conferences of Synod one year prior to the next convention.” Granting Colleges Larger Sums for Publicity Purposes. The Board and Faculty of St. John’s College, Winfield, Kans., presented an overture asking Synod to grant each of the junior col- of “ leges a minimum of $275 for publicity purposes. The petition was ig endorsed by California Concordia College, Oakland, Cal., Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Concordia Lutheran Collegiate In- stitute, Bronxville, N. Y. Action. Synod adopted the recommendation of Committee No.1, “not to ‘grant this request at this time.” Appropriations for College and Seminary Grounds. The Board and Faculty of St. John’s College, Winfield, Kans., petitioned Synod to include a definite sum in the budget each year for the up-keep and beautifying of college and seminary grounds. This sum is to be apportioned to the various colleges by the Board of